Measuring the force of interaction between a metallic probe and a single molecule

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Naydenov, B ^a   Ryan, P ^a   Teague, L C ^a   Boland, John J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; MOLECULES; PROBES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILICON; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

1,3-CYCLOHEXADIENE; METALLIC PROBE; RELAXATION; SPECTROSCOPIC DATA;

MOLECULAR PHYSICS;

1,3 CYCLOHEXADIENE; 1,3-CYCLOHEXADIENE; CARBON; CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; METAL; PLATINUM; SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

ALGORITHMS; CARBON; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CYCLOHEXENES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; METALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PLATINUM; SILICONES;

EID: 33748299412     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.098304     Document Type: Article

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